The Federal Government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Morocco to deploy a satellite- and artificial intelligence-powered agricultural monitoring platform that will give states and local governments real-time data and intelligence on Nigeria’s agricultural land, crop distribution, production performance, and emerging food security risks.
This was as the Presidency declared that the country must not only adopt emerging agricultural technologies but build its own capability to improve and adapt them to its national conditions.
Deputy Chief of Staff to the President (in the Office of the Vice President), Ibrahim Hadejia, signed the agreement on behalf of the FG at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Ben Guerir, Morocco, alongside representatives of the Morocco-based phosphate giant, OCP Africa, and geospatial technology firm Ground Truth Analytics.
According to a statement released Saturday by the Technical Assistant on Agriculture to the President (Office of the VP), Marion Moon, Hadejia represented the Chairperson of the Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit, Vice President Kashim Shettima, at the agreement signing involving the Unit, OCP Africa, and Ground Truth Analytics.
